Dialysis withdrawal and symptoms of anxiety and depression: a prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

An important aspect of end-of-life decisions in dialysis patients is elective withdrawal from dialysis therapy. Several studies have shown that clinical factors, such as comorbidity, play a role in dialysis withdrawal. The role of symptoms of anxiety and depression is largely unknown. The.

Methods

A prospective multi-center study has been set up to investigate anxiety and depressive symptoms longitudinally in dialysis patients. Anxiety and depressive symptoms were investigated using the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) as baseline. Adverse events, including dialysis withdrawal and mortality were registered during follow-up. Multivariable cox proportional hazard models were used with anxiety and depression as the independent variable

SUBMITTER: El-Magd ES 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10367409 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature